Even they don’t want to give the government even more of their own money.
Daily Analysis
Illinois Moves another Step Closer to Bankruptcy
Approaching a cliff, Illinois steps on the gas.
Trump Should Learn from Maine’s Governor on How to Win a Government Shutdown Fight
Maine meets the Laffer Curve.
Three Lessons from the Tax Defeat in Kansas
Leftist commentary is tellingly full of rhetoric but short on details.
Tax Competition: So Powerful that even Politicians in Left-Wing States Feel Compelled to Cut Taxes for Rich People
Supply-side reforms in unexpected places.
Don’t Implement Bad Policy Slower, Implement Good Policy
Don’t phase-in the BAT, replace it.
More Economic Malpractice at the IMF
The IMF pushes bad policy.
Paging Fox Butterfield: Another Jurisdiction Gets a Painful Lesson about the High Price of High Tax Rates
The story behind the story.
The Federal Tax Code Shouldn’t Subsidize and Encourage Profligacy by State and Local Governments
The deduction for state and local taxes encourages, enables, and subsidizes bad policy.
Illinois on the Brink of Fiscal Meltdown
An unholy alliance has long extracted as much money as possible from the state’s beleaguered private sector.